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Audiobooks issues after updating to macOS Catalina

After updating to macOS Catalina, some changes were made to audiobooks. All audiobooks no longer exist in iTunes, but are stored in the Books application. And Books cannot load audiobooks and books from the external drive, in addition, we can’t edit the metadata tags of audiobook in Books application. If you’re facing these issue about audiobook in macOS Catalina, this article will help you solve it.

 

Where are books and audiobooks stored in macOS Catalina?

 

When audiobooks were previously stored in iTunes, they were in the iTunes library. Now they’re stored at: /Users/~/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/Books, The source files of all books and audio books are stored here.

 

How to edit metadata tags of audiobook?

 

If the file format of your audiobook is mp3, you can download a third-party application - Media Meta application to add and edit the artwork, title, author and more metadata tags.

Download for Mac

 

edit metadata tag of audio book

 

 

How to add audiobooks and books from the external drive?

 

Connect the external drive, and access the external drive in Finder, select your audiobooks and books in Finder, and then Open With -> Books

 

How to convert the pdf, epub and other ebooks to Audiobook?

 

We recommend using Audio Book application which can convert pdf, epub and other ebooks to mp3 audio book on Mac. And it supports 38 different languages and 50 voices to read the book content. Download and install the trail version to have a try.

Download for Mac

 

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The software operation is simple, run Audio Book -> import book files, select the languages and voice, and click the Convert button, it’s done.

 

 

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